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Review on πŸ–¨οΈ C2G USB to Parallel Printer Cable with DB25 Adapter - Connect Printers to Computer USB Ports - 6ft Cable with Durable Molded Connectors - Model 16899 by Rob Sanchez

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ATTENTION TO THE BUYER! in computer components

Nothing to indicate that this is PRINTER ONLY. It fools you by saying things like "16899 USB DB25 IEEE-1284 Parallel Printer Adapter Cable" and "The device is completely transparent to the user and is ideal for true two-way communication." This adapter auto-negotiates hardware detection for a faster protocol. installation and is fully plug and play compatible. So you are tricked into thinking that you can convert devices like Syquest SparQ drives into non-printers. I received this item today and there is a disclaimer on the bad piece of paper. A disclaimer that should be in the product description but is NOT. I PRINTED THIS FOR YOU! NOTE: These adapters CANNOT support any device other than the simple parallel printer! These adapters do NOT support multifunction devices such as print/copy/scan/fax or multifunction printers. These adapters will NOT be recognized by the computer as a parallel or LPT port, they will be recognized as USB printing support. If it was in the description of this product I would only buy ONE of these instead of two considering I also have an old DeskJet 340 in addition to my Syquest drive which is in pristine condition and has never been used and apparently still is there is produce cartridges for it. port) and then see if I can find a parallel to serial converter and then maybe I can get it working, THAT'S what! :D So yeah, if you need that thing for the printer then cool. But if you are looking for an actual port to device port conversion then this product will fool you into believing you can and then after you buy it will clearly say you can't .

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